Halloween!!!! I really love Halloween. This year I wasn't into it as much as I normally am. I just wasn't feeling it. But we still had a bunch of fun. Here are a few of the fun things that we did.
Trunk or Treat at the North Liberty Library- I had heard that there was a trunk-or-treat at the North Liberty Library, but I wasn't exactly sure what it was and how busy it was since we obviously have never been to it before. It ended up being really fun. We got there a little early and went inside the library where they had hired someone to take cute Halloween pictures of the kids. They had a craft they could do too, but Jason didn't want to do the craft. We got our pictures taken then played with some toys. This was a mistake. When the truck or treat started we headed outside to get in line, and the line was wrapping around the building.
Luckily the kids were happy, the weather was good, and the line wasn't too long. When it was or turn, the kids loved it. Sadie thought it was so great to be able to take candy from the bowls. She loves candy...like a lot. Jason thought the decorations were fun. And of course he loved the candy.
It didn't take long, but the kids loved it. I am glad we were able to go.
Another Halloween event was our Ward Halloween Party. There was a chili cook off, and a costume party. I am loving the age that the kids are getting to. Camille and Jason ate food, then went and found their friends and ran around and played. But I wasn't worried about them because they are good kids, and always stayed close. I am still not feeling settled into our ward, but I am working on it and I appreciate events like this where we can get to know people in our ward a little better. I made this cake which was both delicious and cute.
We carved pumpkins this year that we got from the Sass Family Farm. Kevin was there and he was the best pumpkin carver. He helped the kids open up their pumpkins, then they cleaned them out as best as they could and we helped finish cleaning them out. Sometimes I think it is just better to paint pumpkins, but it was actually really fun for the kids to get in to the guts and pull out the seeds. The kids told Kevin what they wanted their pumpkin to look like and he interpreted it and carved them. They turned out perfect! Since Kevin carved those two, I got to carve ours. I carved an Iowa Hawkeye this year since we are now in hawkeye country.
The kids woke up on Halloween they wanted a spooky breakfast, but I had only planned a fun dinner, so I dyed their milk green and called it slime. It worked...kids are so easy to please. I just need to remember to laugh with them and make things fun like this for them. They love it!
Halloween day turned out to be so cold! Camille was supposed to have a parade in her costume through town, but they changed it to where we were able to go to the gym and watch them walk around in their costumes. I was glad they changed it because it was so cold, and Sadie had pretty much skipped her nap to be there. So it worked out for us. Camille was so cute in her little ostrich costume. She is the cutest Kindergartner, I may be biased, but I am pretty sure I am right about it.
That night I made the kids get into their snow suits then I tried squeezing them into their costumes. Surprisingly it worked pretty well. We went and met some friends, and hit a couple of the houses in our neighborhood, but then they headed over to the other neighborhood, and we walked back to the car to go meet them over there, but I had never been to that neighborhood and so we got lost. We just pulled over and walked a street and it ended up being perfect. Sadie was so tired, she kept falling asleep in the stroller, and we just walked up and down one street and it was plenty!
Overall it was a great Halloween. Hopefully next year we can get more decorations out, but it was good for this year. Happy Halloween from an Ostrich, Chase from Paw Patrol, and the cutest monkey around!
